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Assistant Vice Chancellor, Facility Planning & Distdct Support Services, <br />RSCCD; Jill Dominguez, WRJ Group; Sharon Brown, Digital Media Arts <br /> <br />Highlights of the presentation are as follows: <br /> The RSCCD received a grant from the U.S. Department of <br /> Commerce for the purpose of creating a Digital Media Incubator <br /> · The City of Santa Ana sold one acre of land on Bristol Street, just <br /> north of Edinger for $1 dollar to RSCCD <br /> · In February 2002, the RSCCD Board of Trustees approved the <br /> receipt of a $1.6 million grant <br /> · The facility is scheduled to open in October 2004 <br /> · The architect firm, Arquitectonica, was hired to design the building, <br /> working with staff from Santa Aha College and the district office <br /> · Measure E bond funds will also be used <br /> · Building features include 10,000 sq ft second floor to house, <br /> support and nurture 10 to 15 developing digital media businesses <br /> · 10,000 sq. ft. first floor of digital media production and post- <br /> production equipment for rental to provide income to support the <br /> building and to attract digital businesses to Santa Ana <br /> · 8,000 sq. ft. of technically mediated flexible classroom, studio, lab, <br /> and meeting space for Santa Ana College <br /> · target market is the technology sector businesses associated with <br /> digital media <br /> · The Economic Development grant received can only fund "brick <br /> and mortar" for economic development sites <br /> · All EDA funds committed to this program must be for the sole <br /> purpose of creating a business incubator and post-production <br /> facility for job creation focused on Iow-income communities <br /> · 150 jobs must be created and tracked during the first six years of <br /> operation <br /> · An advisory group comprised of professionals with knowledge, <br /> skills and/or influence in the industry will be appointed in March, <br /> 2003 <br /> · Next steps include: convene Advisory Group; create <br /> business/management plan; market the operations of the facility; <br /> identify equipment needs; seek additional grants and donations <br /> <br />BOARDTASKFORCEREPORT <br /> <br />Budget and Program Task Force, presented by Mike Metzler <br /> <br />Director Metzler noted that the Board approved two items recommended <br />by the Budget and Program Task Force on tonight's agenda; he further <br />noted that the task force is currently reviewing and scoring the RFP's <br />received for the next funding round, and these results will be discussed at <br />the Task Force meeting on May 5, 2003; final recommendations will be <br /> <br />SAEC MINUTES 4 APRIL 23, 2003 <br /> <br /> <br />